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| Monday, May 19, 2008 Umami burger  Earlier this month we had two weeks solid of summery weather, total no-jacket weather with absolutely no rain. Of course this got us thinking about barbecue. We went to the park and there were people barbecueing there, and Kyle was like, "Man, that is what summer smells like in the States." Most summers in Seattle, we would grill Filipino pork skewers (only the most kickass grilled item ever) and spend half the summer outside (since that is the only time of year you can spend any concentrated amount of time outside in Seattle). We decided to grill that day, and of course it didn't occur to me that everyone and their mother would be grilling too (did I mention it was also a holiday weekend?) We found one bag of charcoal at the gas station, Kyle set it down for a second and yoink! some dude walked off with it. The last bag of charcoal in the neighborhood. Kyle had to bike to four different places before finding more. When I forget to marinate something the day before, we'll just break out the burgers. I call these umami burgers because umami is that elusive "savouriness" taste that is most often provided by MSG (which I am definitely not opposed to because, you know, I'm Asian and all). Here it's worked in with Worcestershire sauce, and surprise, surprise, ketchup. (Why just have ketchup on top of the burger?) And seriously? It does not get any easier than grilling burgers (see 2-step process below.) Umami burgers about 8 small burgers Ingredients 1 kg ground beef 1 white onion, minced 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce 3 tablespoons ketchup 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon kosher salt
Of course you'll want to go the extra yard and toast and butter the kaiser rolls (my bread of choice for this). Oh and cheese, and preferably some guac and it may just be the perfect burger. Labels: recipes, the savory and salty posted by sheryl | 8:17 PM | Looking at this burger is making my mouth water! Now if only the friggin' sun would come back already!
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